Re: [Boost-build] Future development

From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-07 08:28:01

On 10/06/07 19:08, Douglas Gregor wrote:
[snip]
> 
> Okay. One could certainly make the executables for some tests  
> dependent on the executables of other tests, so if the type_traits  
> tests fail to build then one doesn't build the tests for other  
> libraries that depend on type_traits.
> 
> I don't think we could make chain tests based on whether a test  
> *executes* correctly.
> 
redflag!

I think this is important to have.  I actually had such a need
before:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/6301

I'd think it would be useful because, in general, the higher
level classes or objects in a library depend on the correct
functioning of lower level parts of the library or other
libraries.  Obviously it would be useless to run tests
for the higher level parts if the lower level parts
didn't work correctly. ( Hopefully the adjectives "higher level"
and "lower level" are clear, but if not, I could try and
define them or give examples. )  I'm surprised the topic
hasn't come up more often.